Nostalgia has completely dominated this week’s UK charts, with Crash Bandicoot, Micro Machines, and Elite all back in the top 10.

The power of nostalgia has never been more dominant than in this week’s sales charts, in which all the new entries are either sequels or remasters of old school franchises.

Hot on the heels of recent releases such as Tekken 7 and WipEout Omega Collection, the week’s new number one is remaster collection Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy. Which surprisingly is the franchise’s first game to ever debut at number one.

Not that the series was ever unpopular here though, with Chart-Track pointing out that combined sales of the 16 different titles make it the 24th most successful franchise ever in the UK.

According to Amazon UK’s own listings Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is already the best-selling game of the year, beating the likes of Horizon Zero Dawn and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Although Chart-Track makes no mention of success on anything like that scale, so you should probably take that suggestion with a healthy dose of salt.

Ghost Recon: Wildlands is the only game to have a bigger debut this year, but only once you combine sales of the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC versions.

The week’s new entries are all organised according to the increasing age of their franchise, with Micro Machines: World Series appealing to ‘90s gamers who miss the good old days of the Mega Drive. Although Chart-Track offers no further information on World Series’ success, other than the series has been published on over 20 different formats since 1991.

Finally, there’s Elite: Dangerous, which harkens all the way back to seminal ‘80s classic Elite. With Chart-Track noting that the original game was number one when they published their first ever chart in late 1985.

Elite: Dangerous has only just been released on PlayStation 4 but the Xbox One version is older, and sales for the game in general are dominated by digital downloads – which are not taken into account by these charts.

This week’s sole retail release is the niche Accel World VS Sword Art Online on PlayStation 4, so next week is also likely to be dominated by these same old school franchises.